True, the government has had more money to spend, thanks to improvements in tax-collection methods in the mid-1990s.
Data collection methods vary between countries - many use different age limits to define exactly who is classed a young person.
High-profile money lending firm Wonga has been criticised by the Office of Fair Trading for using aggressive and misleading debt collection methods.
Earlier this year, the firm was also criticised by the Office of Fair Trading for using aggressive and misleading debt collection methods.
Because of our efforts, millions of gallons of oil have already been removed from the water through burning, skimming and other collection methods.
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But she added it was too complex to say GPs were turning against the therapy, suggesting collection methods may miss some homeopathy therapies.
And if every state had the same proportional tax burden, a natural competition would ensue among them to find the most efficient collection methods.
He said improvements in both data collection methods and the quality of the data meant the figures published this year should not be compared directly to last year's.
This show of largesse has been enabled by a 21.4% increase in government revenue last year (thanks not least to big oil profits and better tax collection methods).
Although the top eight established consumer-finance companies control roughly 80% of the market, their reputations have been hurt by scandals over aggressive collection methods and outrageous interest rates.
This cuddlier image has helped to dispel nasty memories of the 1970s and 1980s, when Japan's personal-loan industry was a byword for exorbitant interest rates and aggressive collection methods.
The revision of the figures is mainly a result of better data-collection methods, particularly in India (which accounts for half the downward revision) and five African countries (which account for another fifth).
"The formula effect generally, and particularly in the case of clothing, is dependent not just on the choice of index but also on the characteristics of the price movements and levels being measured, sample design, choice of base period and price collection methods, " said its spokeswoman Jill Leyland.
But it is not just the collection agencies that are held to these outdated methods.
The bill would require sites to offer easier methods of letting users prevent their behavior from being tracked online, warn users about data collection with a symbol on Web pages and require sites to render anonymous any data they collect after 18 months.
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